List of Maps, Figures, and Tables
Preface
Introduction: Indigenous Models and Kinship
Theories: An Introduction to a South Asian Perspective
Monika Böck and Aparna Rao
Part I: Community and Person
Chapter 1. We, the Brothers of Tiger and
Bamboo: On the Notions of Person and Kin in the Eastern Hills of
Nepal
Charlotte Hardman
Chapter 2. Village Bodies? Reflections on
Locality, Constitution, and Affect in Rajasthani Kinship
Helen Lambert
Chapter 3. Blood, Milk, and Mountains: Marriage
Practice and Concepts of Predictability among the Bakkarwal of
Jammu and Kashmir
Aparna Rao
Chapter 4. Kinship, Creation, and Procreation
among the Vagri of South India
Lukas Werth
Chapter 5. Nature, Nurture, and Kinship: Body
Fluids and Experience in the Social Organisation and Identity of a
Peripatetic People
Joseph C. Berland
Part II: Gender and Change
Chapter 6. Kinship and Gender Identity: Some
Notes on Marumakkathayam in Kerala
Marion H.G. den Uyl
Chapter 7. Habitus and its Implications in
Constructing Kinship Ties: Data from a Bangladesh Settlement in
Britain
Sultana M. Khanum
Chapter 8. Kinship and Marriage in the
Construction of Identity and Group Boundaries among Indians in
Mauritius
Oddvar Hollup
Part III: Shared Knowledge in Practice
Chapter 9. Theatre of Memory: Ritual Kinship
Performances of the African Diaspora in Pakistan
Helene Basu
Chapter 10. Kinship as Anger: Relations of
Resentment in Kalasha Divination
Peter Parkes
Chapter 11. Marriage Strategies in Lahore:
Projections of a Model Marriage on Social Processes
Michael Fischer and Wenonah Lyon
Chapter 12. Power and Fertility: Divine Kinship
in South India
Anthony Good
Epilogue
Sylvia Vatuk
Notes on Contributors
Index
Monika Böck is Lecturer at the Institut für Völkerkunde, University of Cologne.
"I would advise everybody who is interested in new directions in anthropological theory on kinship to read this volume; they could find remarkable observations that would be useful for their own research." · L'Homme "[This volume] offers a nuanced exploration of the complexities of the ideology and practice of kinship in this diverse region ... which will be especially useful for graduate students. It also has the potential to serve as a valuable resource for students and scholars investigating kinship outside of South Asia." · Folklore Bulletin
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